25 Jan
2002
25 Jan
'02
4:50 p.m.
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Bryan Pope <bpope(a)wordstock.com> wrote:
MS TCP/IP32 still did not add support for dialup connections. Its winsock
only supported a local network. For a windows 3.x machine, Trumpet
basically was the only choice if you wanted to use a modem to connect to
an isp.
-Toth
And thusly Richard Erlacher spake:
Exactly. MicroSloth didn't provide an IP stack for Winblows until
"Windows for Workgroups" and even then, it wasn't loaded automatically;
you had to go out and download it from MS seperately (but it was free,
providing you knew to go out and look for it).
You had to go out and get a Winsock no matter what browser or ftp or
telnet client you wanted to use. Either way, though, it was still
better than the options under DOS. It's why I always used something
else as a last hop to the outside.
I installed Trumpet on a number of Win3.1 machines at McMurdo Station
in 1995, back when Netscape still had a "Throbbing N". Before that,
we used Mosaic. Eventually, we went with WfW 3.11 and the MS TCP/32
"upgrade". It wasn't great, but it was free.
When Netscape was released, it required a third-party "WINSOCK" module
that one had to buy from someone, normally "Trumpet" and that P*SSED me
off, since I'd previously been able to work with a free version.
Trumpet WinSock was needed with Windows 3.1 because it did not have a
TCP/IP stack.